St. Jude Medical's big buy: AGA Medical
October 19, 2010 at 2:14AM
St. Jude AGA Medical
Medical Inc.Holdings Inc.
HeadquartersLittle CanadaPlymouth
SymbolSTJAGAM
Founded19761995
FounderManuel VillafanaKurt Amplatz
CEO Daniel StarksJohn Barr
Employees14,000 550
Market cap:$13.3 billion$1.04 billion
Annual revenue$4.7 billion$198.7 million
Annual income$777.2 million-$1.1 million
St. Jude makes cardiovascular and implantable neurostimulation medical devices. AGA makes medical devices to treat structural heart defects and abnormal blood vessels.
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